Prasat Bayon
Also known as Bayon Temple
1190
Medieval
temple
The Bayon is the state temple that Jayavarman VII placed at the exact center of his new capital of Angkor Thom in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. The composition reads as a stone temple-mountain: an outer gallery wraps a…
Timeline
- 1200-1299
Later religious change added or reinterpreted Hindu elements within the original Buddhist royal-temple iconography.
- 1995-2005
A UNESCO and Japanese-led safeguarding project carried out the Bayon master plan focused on structural stabilization of the upper terrace and on documented conservation methodology.
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